POROUS CARBON ANODES FOR THE DIRECT METHANOL FUEL-CELL .1. THE ROLE OF THE REDUCTION METHOD FOR CARBON SUPPORTED PLATINUM-ELECTRODES

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GOODENOUGH, JB [1 ]
HAMNETT, A [1 ]
KENNEDY, BJ [1 ]
MANOHARAN, R [1 ]
WEEKS, SA [1 ]
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[1] UNIV OXFORD,S PARKS RD,OXFORD OX1 3QR,ENGLAND
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10.1016/0013-4686(90)85059-V
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O646 [电化学、电解、磁化学];
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081704 ;
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The efficiency of platinised porous-carbon electrodes for the electrooxidation of methanol in H2SO4 is found to vary quite markedly with the method used to deposit the platinum. This is shown to be a consequence of both the size and the electronic nature of the platinum crystallites. The most efficient electrodes are those that possess both small crystallite sizes, ∼ 20 Å diameter, and a minimum amount of ionic platinum species as identified by XPS studies. A comparison is drawn with optimised platinised carbon electrodes for oxygen reduction, and an explanation for the different requirements of these two types of electrode suggested. © 1990.
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